SF 1372

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/28/2017 08:28am

A bill for an act
relating to health; making statutory changes for the study on long-term care services
and supports; appropriating money for gap analysis in long-term care services;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144A.351; Laws 2013, chapter 108,
article 15, section 2, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144A.351, is amended to read:

144A.351 BALANCING LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS:
REPORT deleted text begin AND STUDY deleted text end REQUIRED.

Subdivision 1.

Report requirements.

The commissioners of health and human services,
with the cooperation of counties and in consultation with stakeholders, including persons
who need or are using long-term care services and supports, lead agencies, regional entities,
senior, disability, and mental health organization representatives, service providers, and
community members shall prepare a report to the legislature by August 15, 2013, and
biennially thereafter, regarding the status of the full range of long-term care services and
supports for the elderly and children and adults with disabilities and mental illnesses in
Minnesota. new text begin Any amounts appropriated for this report are available in either year of the
biennium. new text end The report shall address:

(1) demographics and need for long-term care services and supports in Minnesota;

(2) summary of county and regional reports on long-term care gaps, surpluses, imbalances,
and corrective action plans;

(3) status of long-term care services and related mental health services, housing options,
and supports by county and region including:

(i) changes in availability of the range of long-term care services and housing options;

(ii) access problems, including access to the least restrictive and most integrated services
and settings, regarding long-term care services; and

(iii) comparative measures of long-term care services availability, including serving
people in their home areas near family, and changes over time; and

(4) recommendations regarding goals for the future of long-term care services and
supports, policy and fiscal changes, and resource development and transition needs.

deleted text begin Subd. 2. deleted text end

deleted text begin Critical access study. deleted text end

deleted text begin The commissioner of human services shall conduct a
onetime study to assess local capacity and availability of home and community-based
services for older adults, people with disabilities, and people with mental illnesses. The
study must assess critical access at the community level and identify potential strategies to
build home and community-based service capacity in critical access areas. The report shall
be submitted to the legislature no later than August 15, 2015.
deleted text end

Sec. 2.

Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Central Office

The amounts that may be spent from this
appropriation for each purpose are as follows:

(a) Operations

2,909,000

8,957,000

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
decreased by $8,916,000 in fiscal year 2016
and $8,916,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(b) Children and Families

109,000

206,000

(c) Continuing Care

2,849,000

3,574,000

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
decreased by $2,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
by $27,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(d) Group Residential Housing

(1,166,000)

(8,602,000)

(e) Medical Assistance

(3,950,000)

(6,420,000)

(f) Alternative Care

(7,386,000)

(6,851,000)

(g) Child and Community Service Grants

3,000,000

3,000,000

(h) Aging and Adult Services Grants

5,365,000

5,936,000

deleted text begin Gaps Analysis. In fiscal year 2014, and in
each even-numbered year thereafter, $435,000
is appropriated to conduct an analysis of gaps
in long-term care services under Minnesota
Statutes, section 144A.351. This is a biennial
appropriation. The base is increased by
$435,000 in fiscal year 2016. Notwithstanding
any contrary provisions in this article, this
provision does not expire.
deleted text end

Base Adjustment. The general fund base is
increased by $498,000 in fiscal year 2016, and
decreased by $124,000 in fiscal year 2017.

(i) Disabilities Grants

414,000

414,000

Sec. 3. new text begin GAP ANALYSIS; APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $217,500 in fiscal year 2018 and $217,500 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of human services for analysis of gaps in long-term care
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.351.
new text end